Athlon Silver 7120C vs Athlon 64 X2 5600+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2817	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	0.61	no data
Architecture codename	Windsor (2006−2007)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	December 2006 (17 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Athlon Silver 7120C basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512K	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	6 nm
Die size	220 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	227 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Athlon Silver 7120C compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	AM2	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

no data

XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	90 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	15 Watt

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